After last week’s reserved return gave us an opportunity to reacquaint ourselves with Munty’s main players (2.1 – “The Trial” reviewed HERE), Zapped bursts to life in series two’s sophomore instalment, “Magic Darts,” which sees stranded modern-day office temp Brian Weaver (James Buckley) take a crash course in conjuring from dubious “licenced mage” Howell (Paul Kaye), in order to keep himself from further harm in this medieval fantasy land.

Expanded from last year’s water-testing micro-run (click the following links for my 1.1, 1.2 and 1.3 reviews), digital channel Dave’s original fantasy sitcom makes a welcome return next week, once again nestled in a post-Red Dwarf XII Thursday night slot. “The Trial” follows directly on from “Mr. Wuffles”‘s cliffhanger ending, in which modern day office temp-out-of-water Brian Weaver (James The Inbetweeners Buckley) has inadvertently pissed off a legion of shell-backed Snail people by kicking their ambassador, which he had mistaken for a football.

The middle episode of Dave’s new mini-com transmitted on the “home of witty banter” after Red Dwarf XI‘s “Krysis” last Thursday night, a full fortnight after Zapped‘s premiere was available to preview on UKTV Play.